This is mourning time in Pakistan. We mourn for an overall state of affairs in which this country seems to be drifting without any obvious sense of direction. We mourn because we feel helpless. And powerless to affect any change in the conduct of our rulers. We mourn for tragedies that have afflicted hundreds of [...]
All articles in category: "Human Rights,Pakistan and its Economy"
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Drowning in despair
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Pakistan ranks 10th among ‘failed states’
No doubt, the situation of “Law and Order” in Pakistan is becoming worse and worst but the government is not recognizing it because they have to rule for their tenure. You cannot hide the current situation what others say. An article published in a daily newspaper of Pakistan presents the situation as following: Pakistan was [...]
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Economy: the way forward
Pakistan’s economic performance will depend both on the future policies of the government and the global economic recovery. The economy today is under considerable pressure due to breakdown in delivery of public utilities, huge increases in prices of essential items, unemployment and poverty. The level of government borrowing is rising. Foreign investment, both domestic and [...]
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Dire straits
Presentation of the annual budget in recent years has become more of a ritual than a roadmap for the economy in the new financial year. The suave, freshly inducted finance minister, Dr Hafeez Sheikh, performed the rite rather well. But his articulate number crunching cannot hide the deep malaise of the Pakistani economy. The former [...]
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Energy Crisis and 18th amendment
The government was expecting that after the 18th amendment, people will be so happy that they will forget the energy crisis and stop the demonstrations on roads but this could not happen. Ministers and their fellows are crying and annoucing their victory as they have done a very extraordinary work and that this amendment will [...]
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